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Treasurer-J. W. Dickerson (R), 1,887; J. Marri- ner (P U), 1,109.
District Attorney-E. L. Craig (R), 1,697; P. II. Sibley (P U), 1,274.
Superintendent of Schools-S. R. Case (R), 1,740; A. H. Goodrich (P U), 1,184.
Public Administrator-J. Russell (R), 1,726; S. Beck (P U), 1.276.
Coroner-T. Jamison (R), 1,756; A. Beeknell (P U), 1.244.
Surveyor-R. H. Raymond (R), 1,748; C. Cad- wallader (P U), 1,248.
Supervisor, District No. 1-Samuel Dodd (R), 428; T. L. Chamberlain (P U), 250.
Supervisor, District No. 2-W. C. Richmond (R), 664; J. R. Gwynn (P U), 178.
Supervisor, District No. 3-A. B. Scott (R), 631; M. B. Tubbs (PU), 519.
Total vote in the county, 3,055.
JUDICIAL, ELECTION.
The judicial election was ordered for the election of a Justice of the Supreme Court to succeed Chief Justice S. W. Sanderson. To make nominations for this and to choose State Central Committees, Con- ventions were held by the Republican and Demo- cratic parties. The Republican Convention met August 16, 1865, at Sacramento, both wings being represented, but the " Long Hairs " in the majority. Silas W. Sanderson and J. H. McKune were pre- sented for nomination, the honor falling upon the former.
The Democrats called a Convention to mect at Sacramento September 19th to nominate a candidate for Supreme Judge, select a State Central Commit. tee, and issue a platform of principles. The Conven- tion met as ordered, and nominated Henry Hare Hartley for Supreme Judge. The platform pledged support to the National Administration in all Con- stitutional measures, and expressed its unalterable determination to oppose negro suffrage, and the political equality of the negro, " on the ground of justice to the white man as well as humanity to the negroes themselves."
The election was held October 18th, with the fol- lowing vote in the State: Sanderson (R), 31,662; Hartley (D), 25,474. In Placer County the vote was Sanderson 1,449; Hartley, 859.
THE LEGISLATURE.
The Legislature met December 4, 1865, and organ- ized by the election of S. P. Wright, of Del Norte, President pro tem. of the Senate, and John Yule, of Placer, Speaker of the Assembly. The Senate was composed of 31 Republicans and 9 Democrats; and the Assembly of 33 Republicans, 20 Democrats, and 7 Independents. The great question of United States Senator was settled without difficulty by the election of Cornelius Cole, to succeed James A. Mc- Dougall after the 3d of March, 1867. This was a " Long Hair " triumph.
REGISTRY LAW.
The principal Act of the session was the passage of the " Registry Law " requiring a registration of voters. This was prepared and introduced by Hor- ace Hawes, Senator from San Francisco. It was bitterly opposed by the Democrats as a partisan measure. The Legislature passed an Act defining the western boundary line of Placer County, as it now exists. But little of importance was accom- plished, and the session terminated April 2, 1866.
CAMPAIGN OF 1867-POLITICAL CHANGES.
Under the Amendments to the Constitution, the State was relieved of an election campaign in the year 1866. Little was accomplished politically, but steps were taken for the reorganization of the Dem- ocratie party. The " Reconstruction " measures of Congress, the Amendments to the Federal Constitu- tion, and the disagreement between Congress and the President, were causes for many changes from the Republican to the Democratic party; and among the prominent persons so changing were, H. H. Haight, of San Francisco, and P. H. Sibley of Placer County.
Preparations for the campaign of 1867 commenced early by the organization of clubs and committees, the discussion of political questions going on continually. There were to be elected a Governor, and all State officers, a Representative in Congress from each Dis- triet, a Legislature which would eleet a United States Senator to succeed John Conness, county and district officers, at the political election, and a Supreme Judge and Superintendent of Public Instruction at the judicial election.
MEETING OF CONVENTIONS.
The Republican County Convention met at Auburn, June 10th, and the Democratic on the 17th, and made nominations; and the State Conventions of the two parties met at Sacramento June 12th and 19th respectively. The Republican State Conven- tion was controlled by the "Short Hair" wing, which nominated George C. Gorham, of San Francisco, for Governor, and John P. Jones, of Trinity, for Lieu- tenant-Governor. The nomination of Gorham was so distasteful to the other wing of the Republican party, that an opposition ticket was made, with Caleb T. Fay, of San Francisco, as the candidate
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for Governor, and J. P. Jones, Lieutenant-Governor.
The Democratic Convention nominated Henry 11. Haight, of Alameda, for Governor, and William Holden, of Mendocino, for Lieutenant-Governor. Thus three tickets were in the field. In the Second District, William Higby, of Calaveras, was renomi- nated by the Republicans for Congress, and the Democrats nominated James W. Coffroth, of Sacra- mento. The canvass was conducted with a great deal of energy, the Central Pacific Railroad Company lending its aid to Gorham, who in company with F. M. Pixley and Wm. M. Stewart, held meetings throughout the county.
THE ELECTION.
The election was held September 4, 1867, result- ing in a Democratie victory in the State, and a Republican victory in Placer County. The State vote for Governor was, Haight, 49,604; Gorham, 40,050; Fay, 2,088. Lieutenant-Governor, Ilolden, 47,969; Jones, 44,274. The largest vote was for State Treasurer, aggregating 92,776. In the Second District, Higby, 16,053; C'offroth, 14,789.
The vote in Placer County was as follows :--
Governor-George C. Gorham (R), 1,672; Henry, H. Haight (D), 1,590; Caleb T. Fay (Ind), 132.
Congress -- William Higby (R), 1,907; James W. Coffroth (D), 1,524.
Senate -- C. A. Tweed (R), 1,822; W. D. Lawrence (D), 1,608.
Assembly-M. Waldron (R), 1,880; Charles A. Tuttle (R), 1,917; C. G. Spencer (R), 1,917; H. F. Davis (D), 1,530; A. C. Neil (D), 1,526; G. E. Mason (D), 1,545.
Sheriff -- J. H. Neff (R), 1,875; Wm. M. Crutcher (D), 1,566.
County Clerk -- George G. Sewell (R), 1,820; W. II. Kruger (D), 1,615.
Treasurer-O. W. Hollenbeck (R), 1,937; Wm. McClure (D), 1,507.
Recorder-W. B. Lyon (R), 1,936; M. W. Hassett (D), 1,508.
District Attorney -- E. L. Craig (R), 1,814; L. B. Arnold (D), 1,583.
Superintendent of Schools -- S. R. Case (R), 1,903; W. H. Hobbs (D), 1.543.
Publie Administrator -- Thomas Jamison (R), 1,928; G. A. Keehner (D), 1,512.
Surveyor-R. H. Raymond (R), 1,927; C. W. Fin- ley (D), 1,519.
Coroner-Thomas Jamison (R), 1,923; G. A. Keeh- ner (D), 1,514.
Collector, District No. 1 -- W. Dana Perkins (D), +33; W. H. Mullen (R), 365.
Collector, District No. 2 -- M. H. Calderwood (R), 797; W. A. Himes (D), 697.
Collector, District No. 3-B. D. Dunnam (D), 562; J. S. Stackhouse (R), 559.
Assessor, Distriet No. 1-Thos. B. Harper (D). 457; M. C. Baker (R), 356.
Assessor, District No. 2 -- John C. Boggs (R), 884; George L. Slocumb (D), 615.
Assessor, District No. 3-Wm. Van Vactor (R), 657; James Pursely (D), 466.
Supervisor, District No. 1-J. D. Pratt (R), 452; C. H. Schnabel (D), 351.
Supervisor, Distriet No. 2 -- William Duck (R), 867; Robert Gordon (D), 628.
Supervisor, District No. 3-M. H. Power (R), 608; M. Fannon (D), 512.
Total vote in the county, 3,451.
JUDICIAL ELECTION.
The judicial election was held October 16, 1857, resulting as had the political election, with a Demo- cratie majority in the State and a Republican major- ity in Placer County, the vote in the county being as follows :--
Supreme Judge-John Currey (R), 1,565; Royal T. Sprague (D), 1,236.
Superintendent of Public Instruction-John Swett (R), 1,581; O. P. Fitzgerald (D), 1,213.
County Judge-David W. Spear (R), 1,577; B. F. Myres (D), 1,214.
The result of the election was received with great rejoicing by the Democrats, who celebrated it by public meetings, illuminations, and firing of guns; and with general satisfaction by the majority of the Republicans, who considered it a proper reproof for an injudicious gubernatorial nomination.
THE LEGISLATURE-CASSERLY SENATOR.
The Legislature met on the first Monday of Decem- ber, and was composed of nineteen Democratic and twenty-one Republican Senators, and fifty-one Demo- cratic and twenty-nine Republican Assemblymen. This body elected Eugene Casserly United States Senator to succeed John Conness, whose term expired March 3, 1869.
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF 1868.
In the campaign of 1868 a President, Vice-Pres- dent, and Representatives in Congress were to be elected. National Conventions were held by the Repub- licans in Chicago in May, nominating Gen. Ulysses S. Grant for President and Schuyler Colfax for Vice- President, and by the Democrats in July, in New York, nominating Horatio Seymour for President and Francis P. Blair for Vice-President. In the Second District Aaron A. Sargent, of Nevada, was nominated for Congress by the Republicans, and James W. Coffroth, of Sacramento, by the Demo- crats. The canvass was active and bitter. The sue- cess of the Democrats the preceding year had inspired hopes of success, which gave life and inter- est to the struggle. The leading papers of Placer were the Herald and the Stars and Stripes, the former edited by ex-Lieutenant-Governor Walkup and the latter by ex-Judge Fellows, both talented writers and strong partisans, and were able to arouse an intense feeling in the county.
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REPUBLICAN VICTORY.
The election was held November 4, 1868, resulting in a complete Republican Victory. The electoral vote of the United States was, Grant, 214; Seymour, 80, and 23 vacancies. The vote in California was, for Grant, 54,592; and for Seymour, 54,078. In the Second Congressional District the vote was, for Sar- gent, 18.264; Coffroth, 15,124. In the First District, S. B. Axtell, Democrat, was elected over F. M. Pixley, and in the Third, James A. Johnson. Demo- erat, over Chancellor fartson.
The vote in Placer County was as follows :-
Presidential Electors-D. B. Hoffman (R), 1,988; A. Reddington (R), 1,987; Charles Westmoreland (R), 1,988: J. B. Felton (R), 1,988; O. H. La Grange (R), 1,988; Thomas J. Ilenley (D). 1,233; E. J. C. Kewen (D), 1,233; W. T. Wallace (D), 1,233; A. B. Dibble (D), 1,233; Gco. Pearce (D). 1,233.
Congress-A. A. Sargent (R), 1,976; J. W. Coff- roth (D), 1,236.
Total vote of the county, 3,221.
CAMPAIGN OF 1869-NEGRO SUFFRAGE.
The great battles for principle have been fought in the campaigns preceding the election of General Grant to the Presidency, and parties have, in the year 1869, taken their stand upon them. The question of negro suffrage is the only modern one that divides the parties, and this is contained in the Fifteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitu- tion. The election of 1869 is for a Legislature to either adopt or reject this Amendment, and a strug- gle was made for the supremacy.
THIE ELECTION.
Conventions were held as usual and nominations made by the two parties. The political election for Legislative, county and district, officers was held September 1, 1869, resulting as follows :-
Senate-E. M. Banvard (D), 1,310; E. L. Bradley (R), 1,284.
Assembly-M. Waldron ( R), 1,350; M. H. Power (R), 1,347; M. IL. Calderwood ( R), 1,331; J. T. Can- 'non (D), 1,197; Patrick Munday : D). 1,223; II. Fitz- simmons (D), 1,256.
Sheriff-B. D. Dunnam (D). 1,298; J. L. Sanborn (R), 1,290.
County Clerk-Geo. G. Sewell ( R), 1,338; J. W. Chinn (D), 1,266.
Treasurer-O. W. Hoffenbeck (R), 1,335; Frank Imx (D), 1,268.
Recorder-C. C. Crosby (R). 1.403; James Moore (1)), 1,196.
Assessor-J. C. Boggs (R). 1,330; T. B. Harper (D), 1,272.
Superintendent of Schools-J. T. Kinkade ( R). 1,420; Isaac Stonccipher (Đ), 1,184.
District Attorney-H. Il. Fellows (R), 1,304; Robert O. Cravens (D), 1.260.
Public Administrator-Thomas Jamison (R), 1,394; Francis Sampson (D), 1,209.
Surveyor-Y. Dougherty (R), 1,403; C. W. Finley (D). 1,208.
Coroner-T. Jamison (R), 1,388; F. Sampson ( D), 1.207.
Supervisor, District No. 1-J. D. Pratt (R), 412; J. 1. Gouldsby ( D), 309.
Supervisor, District No. 2-W. II Kinder (D), 540; William Duck (R), 463.
Supervisor, District No. 3-William Van Vactor (R), 478; M. M. MeBride (D), 365.
Total vote of the county, 2,606.
JUDICIAL ELECTION.
The judicial election was held October 20, 1866, resulting in the election to the Supreme Bench of Judges Crockett and Wallace, the Democratic nomi- nees, and in the Fourteenth District ofT. B. Reardan as District Judge, the vote being, Reardan, 3.941; McFarland, 2,472.
The vote in Placer County was as follows :-
Supreme Judge-Lorenzo Sawyer ( R), 1,174; O).
C. Pratt (R), 1,145; J. B. Crockett (D). 1,061, Wm. T. Wallace (D), 1,030.
District Judge-T. B. McFarland ( R), 1,114; Thos. B. Reardan ( D), 1,068.
THE LEGISLATURE.
The Legislature was largely Democratie, the Sen- ate having 27 Democratie and 13 Republican mem- bers, and the Assembly 66 Democrats, 11 Republi- cans, and 3 Independents.
The Legislature organized by the election of E. J. Lewis, of' Tehama, President pro tem. of the Senate, G. II. Rogers, of San Francisco, Speaker, and W. Dana Perkins of Placer, Sergeant-at-Arms of the Assembly.
Among the Acts of the Legislature was one " to protect litigants," by which the District Judge should designate the newspapers in which legal advertise- ments should be published in his District. This was intended to help the Democratie papers, as all the District Judges were Democrats. The Placer Herald. was appointed the official paper of Placer County by Judge Reardan on the 6th of April, 1870. Two bills were also passed enabling certain counties to grant subsidies to railroads, intended as assistance to the Southern Pacific Railroad. but were vetoed by Governor Haight, for which he was censured by the railroad organs, and as heartily lauded by the anti-monopoly papers. The Legislature also passed an Act amendatory of a former Act passed in 1866 authorizing the Supervisors of Placer County to sell the stock held by the county in the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California, for which bonds to the amount of $250,000 had been issued in 1864 and '65.
CAMPAIGN OF 1871.
The campaign of 1871 involved the election of a Governor, and State officers, two Justices of the Supreme Court-one to succeed Judge Sanderson,
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who had resigned, and one to succeed Rhodes, whose term would expire-a Member of Congress for each district, Legislative and district officers. The candi- dates for Governor were: H. H. Haight, Democrat, and Newton Booth, Republican. The passage of the Act " To Protect Litigants," had rendered the Dem- ocratic Administration unpopular with the Independ- ent and Republican press of the State, and the veto of the railroad subsidy bills, brought the power of the railroad company against the 'Governor. The declarations of the Democratic State Convention were decidedly anti-subsidy. Mr. Booth was also regarded as an anti-subsidy candidate, but Romu- aldo Pacheco, the Republican candidate for Lieuten- ant-Governor, was classed as a friend of the railroad company. The declaration was made immediately after the nominations, that should Booth be elected, he would be removed, either by election to the United States Senate, or the appointment to a for- eign mission, leaving the friends of the railroad company in control of the State Government.
The Democratic State nominations were: For Governor, H. H. Ilaight: Lieutenant-Governor. E. J. Lewis; Secretary of State, W. B. C. Brown; Con- troller, Dr. R. O. De Witt; Treasurer, Antonio L. Coronell; Attorney-General, Jo Hamilton; Surveyor- General, John W. Bost; State Printer, John T. Barry; Clerk of Supreme Court, T. Laspeyere: Har- bor Commissioner, John Rosenfeld.
The Republican nominations were: For Governor, Newton Booth; Lieutenant-Governor, R. Pacheco, Secretary of State, Drury Melone; Controller, J. J. Green; Treasurer, Ferdinand Baehr; Attorney- General, J. L. Love; Surveyor-General, Robert Gardner: State Printer, Thomas A. Springer; Clerk of Supreme Court, Grant I. Taggart; Harbor Com- missioner, John A. MeGlyun
THE ELECTION
The election was held September 6, 1871, resulting in the success of the Republican candidates, the vote in the State being as follows :-
For Governor-Newton Booth (R), 61,819; Henry II. Haight (D), 36,800; the Republican majorities ranging from 1,304, for Pacheco, to 5,601 for T. A. Springer, for State Printer. Three Republicans, S. O. Houghton, from the First District, A. A. Sargent, from the Second, and John M. Coghlan, from the Third. were elected Representatives in Congress. The vote in the Second Congressional District was: For Aaron A. Sargent (R), 18,065; James W. Cof- froth (L)), 15,378.
The vote of Placer County was as follows:
Governor-Newton Booth (R), 1,698; H. H. Haight (D), 1,330.
Congress-A. A. Sargent ( R), 1,686; J. W. Coffroth (D), 1,300.
Senate-J. H. Neff (R), 1,652; T. B. Harper (D), 1,363.
Assembly-Henry Long (R), 1,637; O. H. Lee (R), 1,603; Jacob Welty (R), 1,707; A. W. Goff (D), 1,336;
B. F. Moore (D), 1,459; Daniel Stephenson (D). 1,283.
Sheriff-B. D. Dunnam (D), 1,508; J. B. Starbuck (R), 1,506.
County Clerk-B. F. Burt (R), 1,570; B. H. Mc- Clure (D), 1,433.
District Attorney-J. M. Fulweiler (R), 1,667; B. F. Myres (D), 1,323.
Recorder-C. C. Crosby (R), 1,670; J. B. Chinn (D), 1,343.
Treasurer-O. W. Hollenbeck (R), 1,707; E. C. W. Albrecht (D), 1,306.
Superintendent of Schools-J. T. Kinkade (R), 1,667; Eugene Calvin (D), 1,339.
Surveyor-E. C. Uren (R), 1,722: C. W. Finley (D), 1,292.
Coroner-Thomas Jamison (R), 1,673; Francis Sampson (D), 1.332.
Public Administrator-W. H. Mullen (R). 1,723: J. M. White (D), 1.287.
Supervisor, District No. 1-A. Laswell (R), 524; Peter Singer (D), 448.
Supervisor, District No. 2-E. L. Bradley (R). 733; Edward Walsh (D), 468.
Supervisor, District No. 3-C. Beckman (R), 424; R. Williams (D), 405.
Collector, District No. 1-James Moore (D), 503: David Harris (R), 470.
Collector, District No. 2-W. L. Munson (R), 654. .1. E. Simpson (D), 546.
Collector, District No. 3-James McCormick (D), 475; William Krysher (R), 358.
Assessor, District No. 1-John H. Mitchell (D), 517; J. D. Nash ( R), 453.
Assessor, District No. 2-L. T. Allen (R), 731. Thomas Shanley (D), 451. Assessor, District No. 3-John Buller (R), 501; L. G. Randall (D), 332. Total vote of the county, 3,028.
Highest vote at State election, 120,001.
JUDICIAL ELECTION, 1871.
The judicial election was held October 18, 1871. resulting in the election of the Republican candidates by majorities from 10,214 to 14,638. The vote in Placer County was as follows :-
Justice of Supreme Court-A. L. Rhodes (R), 1,411, Addison C. Niles (R), 1,432; Selden S. Wright (D), 844; Jackson Temple (D), 822.
County Judge-J. Ives Fitch (R), 1,333; Hugh Fitzsimmons (D), 909.
Superintendent of Public Instruction-Henry Bo- lander (R), 1,521; O. P. Fitzgerald (D), 721.
THE LEGISLATURE-SARGENT SENATOR.
The two houses of the Legislature were of oppo- site politics, the Senate being composed of 22 Demo- crats, 17 Republicans and 1 Independent, and the Assembly 55 Republicans, 24 Democrats and 1 Inde- pendent. James T. Farley was President pro tem of the Senate, and Thomas B. Shannon was Speaker
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of the Assembly. The duty of electing a United States Senator. as successor to Cornelius Cole, devolved upon the body in Joint Convention. Among the prominent candidates was Judge James E. Hale, of Placer County; but the Republican nomination fell upon Hon. A. A. Sargent, then member of Con- gress, but whose term would end as the term of Sen- ator would begin, and Sargent was elected.
DUNNAM'S ELECTION.
The great popularity of Dunnam is shown in the following account of the election and count pub- ished in the Herald at that time :-
"On Friday evening, after the election, our returns elected Dunnam Sheriff by two majority, but Mon- day's canvass gave Starbuck three majority, and the Republicans fired three guns for these three major- ity. Dunnam demanded a recount, and when all the tickets were counted, Dunnam was one ahead. Here the Supervisors had exhausted their anthority under the law, and should have declared the result, and directed the certificate to issue, but a recount was demanded by Starbuck's counsel, and illegally allowed by the Supervisors, the hope that a further handling, shaking and rubbing of the tickets might remove some of Dunnam's stickers from the Repub- lican tickets, being, we suppose, relied on to defeat him.
" The handling of the tickets proceeded at intervals through the week, and in spite of everything the stickers would stick, and at the end of the week the canvassers were compelled to declare Dunman elected by two majority. This news spread rapidly, and by dark a large crowd had assembled on the plaza, anvils were planted, powder procured, and pop went the guns; and they kept popping and repeating the popping until a late hour at night, and at each pop the air reverberated with the shouts and cheers of Dunman's host of friends. The guns were the larg- est we ever heard by anvils, but this fact is explained by the make of a peculiar ring, not like the Court- House ring, and the use of J. M. White's cast-steel anvil and Schultheis' sporting powder.
" The guns were plainly heard at Ophir, Newcastle, Clipper Gap, and even at Pino, eleven miles from here.
" We cannot describe the jollification, except by saying it was the heartiest, liveliest, best-humored, whole-souled, political jollification ever held in Auburn. There was no pent-up Utica there. At about two o'clock next morning the party adjourned, and all is serene, and B. D. Dunnam is Sheriff. and will be again during the next two years."
CAMPAIGN OF 1872-GRANT AND GREELEY.
With the campaign of 1872 again reenrred the Presidential election, and by an Act of Congress the election of four members of Congress in Cali- fornia was fixed for this year. The nomination of General Grant for the Presidency by the Republican Convention was regarded as a foregone conclusion,
and a branch of the party opposed to such nomina- tion called a Convention to meet at Cincinnati, May 1, 1872, styling itself the Liberal Republican Party. This Convention nominated Horace Greeley for President and B. Gratz Brown for Vice- President. These nominations were indorsed by the Democratic National Convention, which met at Baltimore on the 9th of July. The Republican Convention met at Philadelphia, June 5th, and nominated Gen. U. S. Grant for President and Henry Wilson. of Massa- chusetts, for Vice-President.
QUESTIONS AT ISSUE.
The questions at issue were the charges of corrup- tion, weakness and avariee against Grant and his administration, the jealousy of office-holders, and the desire for official positions. The main question was " anything to beat Grant," and the singular spectacle was observed in polities of the extremes of two opposing parties joining under the names of Liberals to defeat the Republican Party. A few Democrats adhered to their party, and nominated Charles O'Conor, of New York, for President, and Charles Francis Adams, of Massachusetts, for Vice-President.
The Democrats of the Second Congressional Dis- triet also nominated a former extreme Republican for Representative in Mr. Paschal Coggins, of Sacra- mento, and the Republicans nominated Mr. II. F. Page, of El Dorado. The Stars and Stripes news. paper, previously an advocate of the Republican party, became, in this campaign, the advocate of Greeley and Brown, and the Placer County Argus was established as a Republican paper, under the editorship of Mr. James B. McQuillan.
THE ELECTION
The election was held November 5, 1872, resulting in the success of the Republican candidates, the elec- toral vote of the United States being 286 for Grant and Wilson and 80 for Greeley and Brown. In Cali- fornia the vote was for Grant 54,020; Greeley, 40,718. O'Conor, 1,068. The Representatives in Congress from California elected were Charles Clayton (R), from the First District, H. F. Page (R) from the Second, J. K. Luttrell (D) from the Third, and S. O. Houghton (R), from the Fourth. The vote of the Second District gave Page a majority of 961 over Coggins.
The vote in Placer County was as follows :-
Presidential Electors-John B. Felton (R), 1,417: John F. Miller (R), 1,415; Claus Spreekles ( R), 1,416; James E. Hale (R), 1,417; T. H. Rose (R), 1.411; Jesse O. Goodwin (R), 1.417: J. C. Shorb (L R), 838; Frank M. Pixley (L R), 839; Jo Hamilton (L R), 841; F. IL. Rosenbaum (L R), 841; Peter Donahue (L R), 840; John Yule (L R), 839. Judge Hale, of Placer, one of the Electors, was selected to take the electoral vote to Washington.
Congress-Paschal Coggins (L R), 1,179; H. F Page (R), 1,071. On the 20th of November, 1872, after the election. Horace Greeley died, and the elec-
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